232 LXXVII, COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Vernonia. 
stout petiole, finely reticulate on both surfaces, those on the inflorescence linear- 
oblong. Heads }-} in. diam., clothed with white woolly tomentum ; inyol. bracts } in., 
white. Achenes (unripe) 3; in.; pappus 4 in.; hairs slender, persistent, outer very 
short. 
10. V. clivorum, Hance in Seem. Journ. Bot. 1869, 164; branches leaves 
beneath and inflorescence puberulous, leaves shortly petioled lanceolate acumi- 
nate distantly serrate reticulate beneath, heads small corymbose on short lateral 
branches, invol. bracts linear acute outermost subulate, achenes pubescent, pappus 
white. V. Kingii, Clarke Comp. Ind. 12. 
Prev and Martaga, Kurz. Upper Daa, J. Anderson.—DisTRrB. Canton. 
Branches grooved and ribbed. Leaves 3-5 by 1-2 in. tip entire, base rounded, 
rather rigid. Heads 3 in. diam., 15-20-flowered; peduncles slender; outer invol. 
bracts short, subulate; corolla glabrous. Pappus } in.; hairs slender, persistent, 
outer few, very short.—I have seen only Hanee's Canton specimen, to which Clarke 
refers his V. Kingii: the achenes are immature, 
ll. V. peguensis, Clarke Comp. Ind. 13; branches and corymbs finely 
pubescent, leaves petioled oblanceolate or linear-lanceolate acute or acuminate 
serrate glabrate on both surfaces, heads in simple axillary and terminal branched 
panicled corymbs, invol. bracts few lanceolate aristate-acuminate inner linear- 
oblong obtuse or acute, outermost ovate minute, achenes slightly hairy, pappus 
white. 
Prev; Irawaddy and Saluen valleys, Kurz, 
Apparently a robust tall species. Leaves 12 by 4 to 6 by 1 in., rather membra- 
nous, puberulous when young, narrowed into the petiole. Heads 4-€ in., 12-20- 
flowered ; inner invol. bracts } in., membranous, green. Achenes (immature) } in.; 
pappus hairs fine, persistent, outer many, very short, rigid. 
12. V. Thomsoni, Hook. f.; half-shrubby, much branched, branches 
corymbs and leaves above scaberulous, leaves subsessile lanceolate acuminate 
serrate puberulous beneath, heads obconic 10- 15-flowered in small short axillary 
corymbs, peduncles slender, invol. inner bracts linear acuminate outermost needle- 
shaped, achenes glabrous strongly 10-ribbed, pappus white. 
Carrracone ` at Seetakoond, J. D. H. d T. Thomson. 
A straggling undershrub; branches ribbed and grooved. Leaves 4-8 by 14-3 in., 
membranous. Heads on slender pubescent pedicels, J in. diam ; invol. bracts glabrous, 
shining, recurved, inner 3 in. Achenes A in. ; pappus 4 in., very fine, persistent, outer 
hairs very few.—This is probably the Seetakoond plant which Kurz includes under 
V. saligna, from which it widely differs in the larger heads and much longer narrower 
white invol, braets. 
13. V. bracteata, Wall. Cat. 2921; rigid, scabrid or scaberulous, leaves 
sessile or shortly petioled elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate acute remotely serrate, 
heads 30-flowered few large corymbose peduncled, invol. bracts not numerous 
linear-oblong with slender often recurved awns, outermost subulate, achenes 
glabrous, pappus reddish. Clarke Comp. Ind. 17 excl. syn. Wight. Decaneuron 
silhetense, DC. Prodr, v. 67. Xipholepis silhetensis, Steetz in Peter's Mosamb, 
Bot, 845? 
Eastern Himaraya; Sikkim and Bhotan. Kuasta Mrs., alt. 2-6000 ft. Bra; 
Karen hills, Kurz, 
Shrubby below, erect, sparingly branched, leafy; branches terete, pubescent or 
roughly tomentose. Leaves usually narrow, 2—4 by 4-1 in., rarely 4 by 2 in., more or 
less rigid and seabrid. Heads rarely many, à in. diam. ; peduncles erect or ascending, 
scabrid; invol. bracts few, inner often % in, thin, glabrate. Corolla glabrous. 
Achenes quite glabrous ; otherwise and pappus as in V. Roxburghii and teres. 
14. V. Roxburghii, Less. in Linnea, 1831, 674; rigid, scabrid, leaves 
' hard subsessile or petioled elliptic- or obovate-lanceolate acuminate acutely 
